“I Pray Heaven to Bestow The Best of Blessing on THIS HOUSE, and on ALL that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof!”
~ John Adams Letter to Abigail Adams, referring to the White House, November 2, 1800
Questioning With Boldness... 
Well, we’ve fallen short of that prayer.
Yes we have but it is certainly a worthy goal to aspire to and reach for isn’t it? Would that this would be the gold standard and the way we chose EVEN our candidates for office…it would certainly make our field much smaller, but much easier too
Reblogged this on Thepoliticalchef's Blog and commented:
One commenter lamented that we haven’t realized this prayer…no we haven’t but it is certainly a goal worth aspiring to and reaching for isn’t it? Would that this would be the gold standard and the way we chose EVEN our candidates…it would certainly make our field much smaller, but much easier too!